Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-01
"oN THE RoAp.v


Travel Every Day.
Then there Is another large group who are
son the road" nearly every day. These are
the men whose business trades or calling are
In town and whose dwelling houses on family
places Of abode for the time being arc out Of
town, at the shore or In the country. On this
class observations may be made. Some OF
them make drcary and tiresome job Of
their daily journey to and fro, especially II
the ride takes an hour or two. They bury
themselves In silence, or they make futile ef-
forts tc read proiltless and trashy slight liter
ature," or they resort to the smoking car,
or they play cards all the way, or they at
once set to work to try to go TO sleep, and all
ITO kill time" and so make wearisome labor
or feverish fret OF the trip. And. IN fact, 1t
is monotonous, duh and very tedious bust
ness with them rs they work tia profitlsss
expenditure OF time, most OF them getting
very tired OF IL before the summer Is over.
There Is "remnant." however, who go
ION the roed' TO better purpose, who don't get
tired and who don't try to "kill time in any
Of the ways already mentioned. One Of this
group We have in mind at this moment Dur
ing several months of the year ii happens
that he is obliged to be on tho road twice
every day. his workshop and bis dwelling
place being In those months two hours travel
apart. He makes the trip TO the city early in
the morning and back in the evening, and
while he is by no means a youth lac never suf-
fers ennui ON the train. never seems 10 be
tired and, in fact, never Is tired on the road.
When asked how that comes about his an
aver IS: "Tiredl No. The most absolute rest
get, except when I am in bed asleep, Is during
the two hours OF tho railroad ride home in the
afternoon and evening. When settle down
In the car chair throw off everything that
has any strain Of thought In It. look at the
fields and trees, the corn and the clover, the
peach orchards and the potato patches. tho
berry fields and the vineyards, the gardens,
the barnyards and the cattle pastures, the
snug farm homes and the coy cottage homes
along the village roads, the wild flowers
and the wild birds, the pretty railway
stations, their parterres, and the varied and
curious groups Of people of all descriptions
congregated at the stations. have 'pas-
ing acquaintance with everything on that
road, animate and inanimate, and every day
| see them under some fresh aspect Some
new interest is always coming to notice. The
restfulness OF il all Is so perfect and absolute
that you must try 1t before you can under
stand it.n
When asked about tho "timen taken up in
the two daily trips he said: Eyes, Of course,
there's great expense of time. could not
afford to spend four hours out OF the working
day that way, SO divide them, devoting the
two hours to the shore after the days work Is
over to perfect rest, and putting the two
hours coming up in the morning to work,
and can do three hours work easily in those
two when fresh In the morning. It is won
derful to find how letters and papers and
memoranda about business affairs that were
puzzles and difficulties to know what to do
with during the busy hours OF the day before
clear themselves up and almost dispose Of
themselves when the mind Is fresh and free
and active in the early morning on the road y
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